StPetePolls has a new survey out today, and the big news is there are now slightly more people who disapprove of the job Mayor Bill Foster is doing than those who say they approve. (Foster comes out at 49-51 percent in public approval.)
It hasn't been a great 2013 for Foster. The recent closing of the Sweetbay grocery store in Midtown has generated criticism (fairly or not), but it's the saga of the Tampa Bay Rays that seems to have really brought down his poll numbers.
The Mayor has been resolute in refusing to allow the Rays to talk to officials in Tampa about a potential new ballpark. That intransigence has frustrated the team's ownership and made Foster the target of withering editorials in the Tampa Bay Times.
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2013.